"The University of Southern Mississippi unveiled a "platform for planning" Friday following a series of 11 fall "dialogue sessions" with students, faculty, staff, alumni and community leaders on the Hattiesburg and Gulf Coast campuses.
This is step one of a perpetual process that will provide us with a platform for planning toward the year 2015," USM President Martha Saunders said...
Strategic areas of focus outlined in the plan over the next eight years include image development, connection with the community, top-flight education experience, and a culture of healthy minds and bodies. ...
"We are planning from the outside in and from the inside out," said Saunders. "Any organization will do best when it builds on its strengths and builds on the people who populate the organization."